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The Aces were formed as a semi-professional team in the Pacific Southwest Hockey League (PSHL) in 1989 and became a charter member of the professional West Coast Hockey League (WCHL) in 1995. When the WCHL was absorbed by the East Coast Hockey League in 2003, the team joined the merged ECHL.
- -. HISTORY. Women's ice hockey made its Olympic debut in 1998 as part of the IOC's effort to increase the number of female athletes at the Games. Canada and the United States have faced off against each other in every gold medal game except 2006 when Canada beat Sweden.he preliminary round-robin, quarter-finals and semi-finals will be played at the 7,000-seat Shayba Arena and the medal games will be in the 12,000-seat Bolshoy Ice Dome. Shayba is Russian for hockey puck and Russians shout Shaybu! a familiar way of supporting hockey teams at the international championships.